The European Union is preparing to join the member states in signing up to the Council of Europe (COE) Convention against violence against women and domestic violence.
On Thursday 11 May, the Council of the EU adopted two decisions paving the way to the ratification of legal co-operation in criminal cases and asylum and non-refoulment.
The Istanbul Convention entered into force in August 2014. It recognises that violence against women is a human rights violation and it advocates measures to...